A Chinese MOAB?

DPRKPTboat

DPRKPTboat

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Even so, I don't think China is planning to build a MOAB at this point. Besides, the "daisy cutter" is not the most practical or even the most ethical of weapons. Why waste a 24,000lb bomb on a single target when you can hit multiple targets by carpet bombing with multiple lighter bombs? And why do you need to destroy thousands of acres of land with a huge bomb that costs millions of dollars to clear mines when you can do that much easily and at a much cheaper price by using normal minesweeping methods on the ground?
 
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IDonT

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DPRKPTboat said:
Even so, I don't think China is planning to build a MOAB at this point. Besides, the "daisy cutter" is not the most practical or even the most ethical of weapons. Why waste a 24,000lb bomb on a single target when you can hit multiple targets by carpet bombing with multiple lighter bombs? And why do you need to destroy thousands of acres of land with a huge bomb that costs millions of dollars to clear mines when you can do that much easily and at a much cheaper price by using normal minesweeping methods on the ground?
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The simple answer is: because its faster.

A daisy cutter exploaded in a lush tropical jungle will create an instant landing zone.

Same thing for land clearance.
 
DPRKPTboat

DPRKPTboat

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That still wouldn't make the guys that dropped it very popular with the local civillians though. Why do you think so many Vietnamese peasents joined the Viet Cong?
 
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IDonT

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DPRKPTboat said:
That still wouldn't make the guys that dropped it very popular with the local civillians though. Why do you think so many Vietnamese peasents joined the Viet Cong?
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See the thing is, you don't drop this on a populated area. USAF normally dropped it in a lush jungle in Vietnam, an Iraqi minefield, and the caves in Afghanistan. Not exactly heavily populated centers.
 
DPRKPTboat

DPRKPTboat

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Well anyway, I haven't heard anyhthing about the Chinese aqquiring any MOABs. They are very expensive weapons, So China may try to build a few when they have more money. Or they could buy them from oversees. Did Russia ever build any of those things?
 
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